期刊
BIOMOLECULES
卷 13, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom13091331
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FOXM1; hnRNP C; alternative splicing; oral squamous cell carcinoma
The study revealed that FOXM1a reduces cell proliferation and tumor formation in oral squamous cell carcinoma, regulated by exon 9 splicing and hnRNP C. This discovery uncovers a novel regulatory mechanism of oncogene FOXM1 expression in OSCC.
FOXM1 is an oncogenic transcriptional factor and includes several isoforms generated by alternative splicing. Inclusion of alternative exon 9 produces FOXM1a, a transcriptionally inactive isoform. However, the role of FOXM1a in tumorigenesis remains unknown. In addition, the regulatory mechanisms of exon 9 splicing are also unclear. In the present study, we found that overexpression of FOXM1a significantly reduced cell proliferation and colony formation of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cell proliferation in vitro. Importantly, OSCC cells with FOXM1a overexpression showed significantly slower tumor formation in nude mice. Moreover, we identified a U-rich exonic splicing suppressor (ESS) which is responsible for exon 9 skipping. Splicing factor heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C (hnRNP C) can bind to the ESS and suppress exon 9 inclusion and FOXM1a expression. Silence of hnRNP C also significantly suppresses OSCC cell proliferation. HnRNP C is significantly co-expressed with FOXM1 in cancers. Our study uncovered a novel regulatory mechanism of oncogene FOXM1 expression in OSCC.
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